attack or a stroke‚ even if you’re only 39 or in good shape or a vegetarian.” —Dennis Rowe‚ paramedic‚ Knoxville‚ Tennessee 2. “Don’t call us for a broken finger. If there’s no real emergency‚ you’ve just clogged up the system.” —Arthur Hsieh‚ paramedic‚ San Francisco 3. “Your emergency isn’t necessarily our emergency. In my region‚ we send an ambulance for all calls‚ but we don’t use the sirens unless it’s Code 1‚ which means someone’s bleeding or having chest pain or shortness of breath—basically
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A patient with a C7 spinal cord injury states he must hve the flu because he has a bad headache and nausea. The initial action of the nurse is to check the patient’s temperature. take the patient’s blood pressure. elevate the head of the bed to 90 degrees. call the physician. The priority nursing intervention for a patient with facial trauma is Administration of IV fluids at a rapid rate. Application of a dressing to control facial bleeding. Clearing the airway of blood and debris
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Communications‚ 1982. Web. 25 Apr. 2015. "CDEM Self Study Modules." CDEM Curriculum. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 01 May 2015. Freddie. "DRsABC – Your First Stop for the Primary Survey." Tower Medical Good First Aiders. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2015. Look. Text Version- ABCDEFG Algorithm (n.d.): n. pag. Health Moodle. Web. 9 Apr. 2015. "Medical Emergencies at Sea." Barnes & Noble. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 01 May 2015. "Primary Survey Airway Evaluation." Primary Survey Airway Evaluation. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 01 May 2015. "Primary Survey
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Chapter 61: Nursing Management: Peripheral Nerve and Spinal Cord Problems Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse assessing a 54-year-old female patient with newly diagnosed trigeminal neuralgia will ask the patient about a. visual problems caused by ptosis. b. triggers leading to facial discomfort. c. poor appetite caused by loss of taste. d. weakness on the affected side of the face. ANS: B The major clinical manifestation of trigeminal neuralgia is severe facial pain that is triggered by cutaneous
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Emergency Service Day Are all Public Holidays still relevant? Australia has several public holidays and some exclude groups in our society. The purpose of this letter is to suggest the replacement of the Ekka Public Holiday with the Emergency Service Day. The Ekka is definitely a public holiday in Queensland that not everybody attend‚ enjoy or favour anymore. One of the many reasons is definitely affordability. All the fees add up and make is nearly impossible for families to attend. There are
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When I graduated from high school the last thing I thought I would be doing was working in the medical profession. I worked as a cosmetologist for 11 years and was in need of a change. I changed jobs and was working in an office environment. My mother was very sick and I spent numerous hours in the emergency room. I knew then that this was the profession I wanted to be in. I worked as an Emergency Medical Technician for three years and I have been working as a Paramedic for almost six years. I have
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The London Ambulance Service (LAS) is world’s largest free ambulance service covering an area of more than 600 square miles with a population of 7 million people. On any given day‚ LAS transported more than 5‚000 patients and handled more than 2‚000 telephone calls. LAS employed over 2‚700 people‚ including an operational staff of roughly 2‚000 people. (Cited http://bobpinchbeck.com/College/Work/Papers/DispatchingFailure.htm) In the mid-1980s‚ the LAS emergency despatch system was run completely
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P1 – an explanation‚ including all the main points relating to two different jobs you can do in the health care profession. M1 – an assessment of how particular skills contribute to providing a positive experience for users of care services There are many health care professions in the world and in this essay I going to explain two of them. In detail I will describe what the job involves and where this job is suited. I will also briefly explain the qualifications that are needed for the two jobs
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WHAT DO PARAMEDICS DO? You’ve watched the hour-long television shows where paramedics work with other emergency services. The actors make it look easy‚ however‚ it’s only based on real life experiences. In your life as a paramedic‚ your job will take a toll on your physical‚ mental and emotional health. You’ll be responding to homicides‚ traffic fatalities‚ and domestic violence incidents. You wonder when something good will happen‚ and then it does. You’ve been called out to private residence
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experience. Sometimes it just kills me (no pun intended) how people hurt themselves and how we lecture them‚ even though we KNOW that sometimes we make the same mistakes as they just did! You may wonder why someone would want to be in the emergency medical field‚ or how they cope with that stress. I wasn’t born and raised with a silver spoon in my mouth‚ so donating to needy people or families was nearly impossible for me‚ though I really would if I could. I thought that the next best thing as
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